Pickup hits DOT truck at side of Route 31 in Clinton Township

CLINTON TWP. — A pickup truck was heavily damaged and the driver injured when it smashed into a state Department of Transportation truck parked along Route 31 near Molasses Hill Road.

The accident happened on Nov. 1, around 10:50 a.m. Police said a 2005 Ford F150 driven by David Oliva, 62, was traveling on Route 31 north when it left the road and struck a 2003 Ford heavy-duty utility DOT truck with a bucket lift that was parked on the shoulder of the road.

The DOT truck was parked while work was being performed, though no one was in the truck at the time of the crash, police said. Oliva was transported to Morristown Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries. The investigation into why his truck traveled off of the road is ongoing, police said.